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Title: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: amigov6 on 23 March 2009, 20:13:49
Waiting in the loading lane for the toplift to load my container, 2nd from front. Toplift arrives with my box, plonks it on & i get out and do my twistlocks, (driver in front still not loaded.) I should've waited but home was beckoning so i backed up a foot or so which gave me room to get out, a couple of foot later, an awful noise i stopped & got out. I'd managed in my infinate wisdom to not see the concrete block right in front of my unit & get it stuck under the truck just forward of the front wheels. Got lifted free, struggled back to the yard, end result a knackered intercooler which for a Volve FH 420bhp globetrotter amounts to the grand total of £585 + vat plus £100 surcharge as the original cannot be exchanged!!!! My gaffer had to rearrange runs as i can't do mine tomorrow now. I've got a different run in my old Scania.
    I must remember the gears are back to front on Volvos & Scanias or my life won't be worth living! ::) :'(
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: sidewaysmv6 on 23 March 2009, 20:21:12
thats shitty mate,i hit a sheep with a 06 580 scania today ,broke headlight,foglight and grille... :-[ :-[ :'(
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: Pitchfork on 23 March 2009, 20:23:33
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thats shitty mate,i hit a sheep with a 06 580 scania today ,broke headlight,foglight and grille... :-[ :-[ :'(
How was the sheep??
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: sidewaysmv6 on 23 March 2009, 20:24:51
he was very tasty ;D ;D
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: nick v6 on 23 March 2009, 20:24:55
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thats shitty mate,i hit a sheep with a 06 580 scania today ,broke headlight,foglight and grille... :-[ :-[ :'(
How was the sheep??

great gas mark 6 for an hour ;D
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: johnnycboy on 23 March 2009, 20:25:57
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thats shitty mate,i hit a sheep with a 06 580 scania today ,broke headlight,foglight and grille... :-[ :-[ :'(
How was the sheep??

Bit of an headache I would have thought - Mint sauce comes to mind :-[
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: sidewaysmv6 on 23 March 2009, 20:29:37
how come a sheep will wander on the grass verge all day,grazing happy as larry,then as soon as a vehicle comes up the road it decides it urgently needs to be on the other side!!?? :-? :-?
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: Andy B on 23 March 2009, 20:30:48
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Waiting in the loading lane for the toplift to load my container, 2nd from front. Toplift arrives with my box, plonks it on & i get out and do my twistlocks, (driver in front still not loaded.) I should've waited but home was beckoning so i backed up a foot or so which gave me room to get out, a couple of foot later, an awful noise i stopped & got out. I'd managed in my infinate wisdom to not see the concrete block right in front of my unit & get it stuck under the truck just forward of the front wheels. Got lifted free, struggled back to the yard, end result a knackered intercooler which for a Volve FH 420bhp globetrotter amounts to the grand total of £585 + vat plus £100 surcharge as the original cannot be exchanged!!!! My gaffer had to rearrange runs as i can't do mine tomorrow now. I've got a different run in my old Scania.
    I must remember the gears are back to front on Volvos & Scanias or my life won't be worth living! ::) :'(

Ooops!  :-?  :y  :y
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: Entwood on 23 March 2009, 20:33:04
I suppose the only logical way of looking at it is that the 2 trucks are repairable .. the sheep isn't .... :(


S o ...    Damn, Damn , Oh sh*t

:)
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: amigov6 on 23 March 2009, 20:37:03
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thats shitty mate,i hit a sheep with a 06 580 scania today ,broke headlight,foglight and grille... :-[ :-[ :'(
Lamb vindaloo, mmmmmm :P
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: sidewaysmv6 on 23 March 2009, 20:41:57
its the most expensive lamb dish il have ever sampled!!! any rough prices for those parts anyone?im too scared :-[ to make the call!!!
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: Vamps on 23 March 2009, 20:52:54
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Waiting in the loading lane for the toplift to load my container, 2nd from front. Toplift arrives with my box, plonks it on & i get out and do my twistlocks, (driver in front still not loaded.) I should've waited but home was beckoning so i backed up a foot or so which gave me room to get out, a couple of foot later, an awful noise i stopped & got out. I'd managed in my infinate wisdom to not see the concrete block right in front of my unit & get it stuck under the truck just forward of the front wheels. Got lifted free, struggled back to the yard, end result a knackered intercooler which for a Volve FH 420bhp globetrotter amounts to the grand total of £585 + vat plus £100 surcharge as the original cannot be exchanged!!!! My gaffer had to rearrange runs as i can't do mine tomorrow now. I've got a different run in my old Scania.
    I must remember the gears are back to front on Volvos & Scanias or my life won't be worth living! ::) :'(

Bad luck mate...... :)
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: tunnie on 23 March 2009, 21:08:14
these things happen, its just life, no doubt you had many trouble free years of trucking behind you and yet to come  :y
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: stuart30 on 23 March 2009, 21:11:16
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how come a sheep will wander on the grass verge all day,grazing happy as larry,then as soon as a vehicle comes up the road it decides it urgently needs to be on the other side!!?? :-? :-?

Could have suidciadal tendancies....or maybe he wanted too know how the chicken felt. ;D
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: sidewaysmv6 on 23 March 2009, 21:11:33
its a bad start for me,im 25 so heres to the future!!
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: sidewaysmv6 on 23 March 2009, 21:13:37
a suicidal sheep!!! maybe there was a horny  old farmer on the loose!! ;D ;D ;D
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: Tony H on 23 March 2009, 23:58:44
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Waiting in the loading lane for the toplift to load my container, 2nd from front. Toplift arrives with my box, plonks it on & i get out and do my twistlocks, (driver in front still not loaded.) I should've waited but home was beckoning so i backed up a foot or so which gave me room to get out, a couple of foot later, an awful noise i stopped & got out. I'd managed in my infinate wisdom to not see the concrete block right in front of my unit & get it stuck under the truck just forward of the front wheels. Got lifted free, struggled back to the yard, end result a knackered intercooler which for a Volve FH 420bhp globetrotter amounts to the grand total of £585 + vat plus £100 surcharge as the original cannot be exchanged!!!! My gaffer had to rearrange runs as i can't do mine tomorrow now. I've got a different run in my old Scania.
    I must remember the gears are back to front on Volvos & Scanias or my life won't be worth living! ::) :'(
Oh break :-/ :-/ :-/
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: si vaux on 24 March 2009, 00:10:13
Have heard of better ways of trying to get a payrise. Unlucky fella.
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: amigov6 on 24 March 2009, 18:07:28
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these things happen, its just life, no doubt you had many trouble free years of trucking behind you and yet to come  :y
You hit the nail on the head mate. Did'nt get a bollocking as such, more of a lecture along the lines of "FFS Guy, how long have you been driving? I expect this from some of them but not you" etc & one or two explatives unsuitable for the forum.
   35 mins early this morning, gonna behave myself for a while now!!!
Title: Re: I'm top of the sh*t list at work today!!!!
Post by: LaserLance on 24 March 2009, 18:17:35
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Waiting in the loading lane for the toplift to load my container, 2nd from front. Toplift arrives with my box, plonks it on & i get out and do my twistlocks, (driver in front still not loaded.) I should've waited but home was beckoning so i backed up a foot or so which gave me room to get out, a couple of foot later, an awful noise i stopped & got out. I'd managed in my infinate wisdom to not see the concrete block right in front of my unit & get it stuck under the truck just forward of the front wheels. Got lifted free, struggled back to the yard, end result a knackered intercooler which for a Volve FH 420bhp globetrotter amounts to the grand total of £585 + vat plus £100 surcharge as the original cannot be exchanged!!!! My gaffer had to rearrange runs as i can't do mine tomorrow now. I've got a different run in my old Scania.
    I must remember the gears are back to front on Volvos & Scanias or my life won't be worth living! ::) :'(
Ouch!!!!!!
Bit like a friend of mine his scania had just come out of paintshop after respray ,he was on his way from helsingborg to stockholm and a moose ran out in front of him....... splat ,bang and 14 grands worth of damage to truck  :( :( :( :( and very embrassing phone call to boss and loads of mickey tacking from other drivers  :D